Black Pool filter sand + Eco-Complete

Looking for a cheap route to go for my substrate in a low tech 55. Most of my plants will be column feeders growing on driftwood like anubias, java fern, and mosses. I'll have a few root feeders like crypts and rotala, but for the most part CEC isn't that important.

My questions:

1.) Will this work for my described area and what ratio should I mix the 2.

You are gonna struggle finding black sand. Tahitain moon, estes, and flourite sand are about it (with a few others i've forgotten. Eventually your eco will probably all end up on top of the sand, so be aware of that but other then that you should be good.

For $20 bag you might as well just stick to 100% eco complete. I'm in the same boat as you and I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and buy a few more bags. My local Petco sells Eco-Complete for $19.99/bag.

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